Valuable knowledge emerges increasingly outside of firm boundaries, in particular in public research institutions and universities. The question is how firms organize their interactions with universities effectively to acquire knowledge and apply it successfully. Literature has so far largely...

Hochschulen produzieren wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse und bilden wissenschaftlich qualifizierte Menschen aus; beides wird in der Wirtschaft verwertet. Dieser Transferprozess ist allerdings nicht einseitig, sondern verläuft im Gegenstromprinzip. In diesem Band wird die Praxis der Arbeit der...

Based on an original research program, this book empirically appraises the dissemination of knowledge relevant to the innovative activities of European industry. Economists, business and management specialists and policy-makers will be interested in this new book.